Aden Affairs [‎221r] (5/8)

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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 61 of 1847, dated 19 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 29 May-12 June 1847, however the last two enclosures are noted as ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.

The primary document is a letter from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Aden, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, reporting on the state of affairs in Aden, notably that the tribes in the vicinity are ‘at peace’ and the country is ‘tranquil’; and that the towns of Suakin and Mussowah [Massawa] are under the government of the Viceroy of Egypt who is paying the Ottoman Porte 20,000 German Crowns annually for them.

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1 item (4 folios)

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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-6, on folio 220. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure. There is a note on the abstract stating that enclosures 5 and 6, extracts of Bombay intelligence and newspapers, are ‘Missing 30.10.1906’.

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